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Re: [OM] Lens Collars and tripods was Lens recommendation for soccer mom

Subject: Re: [OM] Lens Collars and tripods was Lens recommendation for soccer mom with OM-1 body
From: "John A. Prosper" <prosper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:20:49 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Buddy Walters wrote:

|-----Original Message-----
|The Zuiko 180F2.8 does NOT have a tripod collar and in my opinion doesn't
|need it.
|Alex
|
|Snip!!
|Hi Alex and all,
|Have to disagree with you here.  I think all lenses longer than 2 or 3
|inches (and long Extension tubes) should ALL have a rotating tripod collar,
|especially the 35mm x 70/80mm zooms, 90mm macro, 100mmf2, 180mm f2.8, 200mm
|f4.  And I certainly cannot understand why OLY did not add one to the 50 x
|250 f5 zoom.  Not everyone shoots handheld in horizontal format.  Many are
|(and many more should be) shooting from a pod of some sort.  A rotating
|collar greatly enhances a pod/camera combo setup.
|
|And while I am on my soap box, I have to disagree with all who advised "Mrs.
|Soccer Mom" to not bother with a tripod, i.e. "to slow, etc".
|I have been shooting OLY gear for over 20 years now and have owned a small
|Gitzo tripod for most of them and used it very little.  I made a change
|about 5 years ago, thanks to John Shaw's books and tapes and added another 4
|or 5 pods of various sizes including a Kirk window pod.
|In the past I used a tripod only when I HAD TO!  Now, I only shoot WITHOUT a
|tripod IF I have to.
|This is a huge difference in attitude and my photographs have improved
|dramatically because of this very important accessory.
|OK! Soap Box closed now!
|Buddy Walters

Agreed.  When shooting in windy conditions, long lenses can be greatly
affected by the breeze.  The 180/2.8 and 200/4 are lightweights for
their respective focal lengths; however, that light weight works
AGAINST them during breezy conditions and the focusing|instability
errors are magnified accordingly.  Furthermore, even slight
compositional miscues can take away from the final image. 

After one blows a few "great" shots due to downright carelessness, if
one really cares about sharpness or well aligned compositions, one
will eventually learn to take control over as much compositional
variables as possible.  Even when shooting WITHOUT a tripod, one will
learn to maximize camera/lens stability as much as possible (save for
those images where movement of subject|camera DURING exposure is
desired). :-)



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